adult motivation to study of new information technologies – research results
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dr inż. Grzegorz Kozieł, Ph.D. M.Sc. dr inż. Marek Milosz, Ph.D. M.Sc . Lublin University of Technology. ADULT MOTIVATION TO STUDY OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES – RESEARCH RESULTS. MEETING ICT INDUSTRY NEEDS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY AREAS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ADULT MOTIVATION TO STUDY OF NEW INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES – RESEARCH RESULTS
dr inż. Grzegorz Kozieł, Ph.D. M.Sc.dr inż. Marek Milosz, Ph.D. M.Sc.
Lublin University of Technology
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MEETING ICT INDUSTRY NEEDS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY AREAS
• Number of mobile devices and their users in the world is growing rapidly
• Along with the increasing popularity of mobile devices, demand for applications increases
• Deficiencies of specialists should be filled by higher education system by providing professional developers
• Postgraduate studies in this area, were created in the Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Lublin University of Technology (LUT).
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THE NEW POSTGRADUATESTUDIES
• ICS has created the new postgraduate studies - Mobile Applications Development
• New postgraduate curricula have been developed during the project called „University of technology in
• the future – adjusting the curricula to labor market and KBE”
• The main target of this project is to
• enrich teaching offer of LUT by adjusting it to current and future needs of Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE)
INTRODUCTION OF NEW COURSES
• Process covered:
• creating a new course program and specific syllabuses of particular subjects,
• creating and sharing on ICS’s Moodle platform new e-learning materials preparing candidates and
• enriching regular teaching,
• preparing additional workbooks for students,
• purchase of devices and building a new laboratory specifically for mobile devices development.
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MAD curriculum
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MOTIVATION TO STUDY – RESEARCH AND RESULTS
Final impact
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Conclusion• MAD students are strongly motivated to
acquire new knowledge and practical skills in application design and development for mobile devices
• Most of them link graduating with new opportunities at work, including a change of employers or positions
• The research has shown the need for postgraduate studies MAD
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